Brief Family History
Spelling variations include: Brewer, Bruer, Bruyere, Brewyer, Breuer, Brower and others.
First found in Devonshire where they were seated from early times after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Daniel Brewer who settled in the Barbados in 1680; John Brewer and his wife Marie, who came to Boston Mass. in 1632; Obadiah Brewer, who was on record in New England in 1647.
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Crest: A mermaid.
Coat of Arms: A red shield with two wavy bends, the top one silver, the other, gold.
Origins
English, German
Brief Family History
Spelling variations include: Brauer, Braur, Brauere, Braure, Brauerre, Braeuer (Silesia and Hessen), Brauers (Rhineland), Breuer, Braeuers, Braeur, Braeurer, Breyer, Breier, Brower (East Friesland), Browers and many more.
First found in the Rhineland and Baden, where the name could be considered to make a great early contribution to the feudal society which became the backbone of early development of Europe.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Jacobus Brauer, who arrived in New York State in 1710. Andreas Brauer arrived in Philadelphia in 1750. Johannes Breuer arrived in 1767; while Wilhelm Heinrich Breuer and Gustav Breier both settled in Texas in 1845.
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Coat of Arms: A blue shield displaying a gold eagle rising on a green mount.